I frequently feel as if I’m from another planet when it comes to diet. I’m reminded of a scene from Woody Allen’s 1973 movie ‘Sleeper’ where he plays The Happy Carrot health food store owner Miles Monroe and ends up being brought back to life 200 years in the future after some botched surgery. Here’s [...]
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I am reticent to make too many recommendations of products or services because I think it’s kind of cheap, so when I do recommend something, it’s usually because I really know and like it – and think you might as well. As a person who enjoys reading, I believe that Alibris is a well-kept secret. [...]
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As someone living low carb, I know sugar is bad for my waistline, but can it ruin your health to the point where it takes something like 15 years off your life? Are free radicals – the stuff in our body that make us believe that antioxidants are good for us – actually beneficial? Maybe. [...]
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Whoo-hoo! For someone who doesn’t particularly like exercise, this article really makes my day. It also helps to explain why I was able to lose 80 lbs without exercising. That’s not supposed to happen. Don’t get me wrong – it’s not that I think exercise is bad – I personally would like to like exercise [...]
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I read the book The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan and it has certainly been food for thought regarding the meat that I eat. Low carbers are hard to come by – and vegetarian low carbers even less so, so there’s a good chance that you, dear reader, eat meat. The dilemma of the book [...]
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I just got my anniversary survey from the National Weight Control Registry – I apparently registered about a year ago. These folks track people who have successfully lost weight and try to figure out exactly how they did it – because it seems an absolute mystery to most docs how the hell anyone loses weight [...]
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